The U.S. decision to allow Ukrainian strikes with Western weapons deeper inside Russia could increase attrition among the Russian army and prompt Moscow to respond with escalation, but will not stop Russian advances or fundamentally change the trajectory of the war. On Nov. 17, U.S. Joe President Biden authorized the first use of U.S. long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia. The first strikes with Army Tactical Missile System (commonly known as ATACMS missiles), which have a range of 190 miles (305 kilometers), will reportedly be carried out on Russian and North Korean forces in the Kursk region in the coming days. The move comes after months of deliberations among Western governments on the topic and Kremlin efforts to forestall a final decision, but reports the same day suggested the governments of France and Great Britain could follow suit by allowing the Ukrainian military to use SCALP/Storm Shadow air-launched...
